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On some days you get what you want, and on others, you get what you need.
Hunter S. Thompson
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Hunter S. Thompson
Age: 67 †
Born: 1937
Born: July 18
Died: 2005
Died: February 20
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Hunter Stockton Thompson
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Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life.
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The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it.
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